Man arrested after Carlsbad home invasion robbery

CARLSBAD  A 29-year-old man suspected of being involved in a Carlsbad home-invasion robbery was arrested Sunday night.

Police were called to the home on Avenue of the Trees off Monroe Street about 6:35 p.m. after someone inside escaped and called police to say that two people were holding the residents at gunpoint, Carlsbad police said.

Officers arrived within minutes and saw a man running from the home, Carlsbad police said.

They searched the area and found the man hiding in a laundry room and took him into custody.

He was identified as Michael Robert Dickson.

Dickson was booked into county jail on several charges including robbery, kidnapping with intent to commit robbery and burglary. He is being held without bail.